Suzy Menkes Quotes

I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.

There's a degree of deception in silence.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters.

I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.

The healthcare bill not only is a monstrosity in terms of growing the government and cutting out the private sector, the way it was passed was sleazy. Every old Washington trick was used to pass the healthcare bill.

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

I still can't really believe it. They just told us, 'Hey, you're doing great. Keep it up.'

I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally.

Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and green architecture and construction, so I wanted to go to business school and then get my masters in construction and development.

To look long and lean, wear a wide-leg trouser with high heels.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

Most of my ideas are based on the latest research on productivity, performance and mental mastery - that's why so many iconic companies bring me in to help them grow and win.

You learn to judge your friends for who they are.

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.